The United Nations expert on the human rights to water and sanitation raises serious concerns about a recent Bill in Lagos that criminalizes abstraction of water from natural sources. The Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, Léo Heller, says: “When the State fails to provide adequate access to drinking water, no […]
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The Nigerian government has approved a Revised National Policy on Environment which seeks to capture some of the emerging issues in environment matters. This was revealed, Wednesday, by the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja “We […]
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The United Nations (UN) has raised alarm over the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Nigeria with over 350 million and 70 per cent of estimated 500 million of such weapons said to be circulating in West Africa domiciled in the country. The Director of United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and […]
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The Executive Chairman, The Economic & Financial Crimes C omission, 5, Fomella Street, Wuse 11, Abuja, Nigeria. Attention: OLAOLU ADEGBITE, MFR. RE: LETTER OF INVITATION. Please refer to your letter of invitation dated 8th November 2015, which was received in our Abuja Office on the 8th of December 2015. I am currently in the United […]
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By Michelle Nichols The United Nations, Chad, Niger and Cameroon appealed on Friday for help for millions of people in the Lake Chad Basin region forced to flee the violence of Boko Haram and hit with repeated droughts and floods that have brought malnutrition and disease. But while the radical Islamist militants operate out of […]
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Nigeria is one of the six countries whose population will exceed the 300 million mark in less than two decades, the United Nations (UN) has said in a report. The other countries are: China. India, Indonesia, Pakistan and United States (U.S.) Listed as one of the 10 largest countries in the world, the Nigeria is […]
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How many synonyms for “grim” can I pack into one article? I had to consult the thesaurus: ghastly, horrid, awful, shocking, grisly, gruesome. This week, a big report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was leaked before publication, and it confirmed, yet again, the grim—dire, frightful—reality the we face if we don’t slash our global […]
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The United Nations(UN) has commended Nigeria’s exemplary fashion in tackling the Ebola virus just as President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the stigmatisation of Nigerians by some countries over recent cases of the Ebola virus disease in the country. He expressed his displeasure over the attitude at a meeting with Mr David Navarro, a Special Envoy […]
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